THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT
| Graduating class seeking employment (1) | | 84% |
Graduates who: |
 | received their first job offer by graduation | 64% |
| received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation | 10% |
| were company sponsored, or already employed (2) | 3% |
| were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) | 1% |
| were starting a new business (4) | 1% |
| postponed their job search | 5% |
| did not seek employment for other reasons | 6% |
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| Number of companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year | n/a |
(1) Seeking full-time professional employment.
(2) Includes graduates whose studies were financially sponsored by their employers and are returning to those employers, or who were employed while a student and will continue working for that employer.
(3) Enrolled/will enroll in further graduate studies.
(4) Starting a new business as owner. Does not include students accepting jobs with a salary in a new (startup) business.
Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past 12 months and the number of students hired:
| Firm | Graduates Hired |
| 1. Dell |
15 |
| 2. The Williams Company |
10 |
| 3. Citibank |
7 |
| 4. SABRE |
6 |
| 5. Eli Lilly |
6 |
| 6. Johnson & Johnson |
5 |
| 7. General Mills |
5 |
| 8. Frito Lay |
5 |
| 9. Reliant Energy |
5 |
| 10. Barclay's Capital |
5 |
| 11. JP Morgan |
4 |
| 12. Duke |
4 |
| 13. Calpine |
4 |
| 14. American Airlines |
4 |
| 15. Microsoft |
3 |
Prospects for 2002 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002
|
$79,175 |
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002
|
$80,000 |
Average first-year signing bonus
|
$8,006 |
Median first-year signing bonus
|
$5,000 |
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus
|
76% |
(1) Base salary excludes bonuses, commissions, and other compensation. Should be reported in U.S. dollars.
2002 GRADUATES REPORT
Editor's Note: Based on responses to BusinessWeek's 2002 survey of graduates.
Median starting base-salary
|
$80,000 |
Median signing bonus
|
$15,000 |
Median other compensation
|
$18,500 |
Median MBA loans
|
$30,000 |
Average number of job offers at graduation
|
1.0 |
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program
|
$40,250 |
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment
|
30% |
CAREER DIRECTIONS
Graduates accepting jobs in the following fields:
| Banking/Mortgage (Investment banking, etc.) |
18% |
| Consulting Services (management consulting, strategic planning, product management, etc.) |
9% |
| Finance/Economics |
28% |
| Information Technology |
7% |
| Manufacturing/Operations and Production |
5% |
| Marketing |
19% |
| Other |
14% |
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
| Africa | 0% |
| Asia | 6% |
| Central/South America, Mexico | 4% |
| Eastern Europe | n/a |
| Middle East | n/a |
North America
(Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a ) | 89% |
| Oceania | n/a |
| Western Europe | 1% |
Within North America:
| Canada | n/a |
| Mid-Atlantic U.S. | 7% |
| Midwest U.S. | 12% |
| Northeast U.S. | 8% |
| South U.S. | 4% |
| Southwest U.S. | 60% |
| U.S. Possessions and territories | n/a |
| West U.S. | 9% |
MBA INTERNSHIPS
Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: n/a
Top 15 recruiting firms:
| Firm | Interns Hired |
| 1. Dell |
13 |
| 2. Motorola |
10 |
| 3. IBM |
9 |
| 4. Citibank |
8 |
| 5. Merrill Lynch |
6 |
| 6. Delloitte Consulting |
5 |
| 7. JP Morgan |
5 |
| 8. The Williams Company |
5 |
| 9. National Instruments |
4 |
| 10. Intel |
4 |
| 11. Frito Lay |
4 |
| 12. El Paso Energy |
4 |
| 13. Dynegy |
4 |
| 14. AIM |
3 |
| 15. Campbell |
3 |
Internship compensation:
| Paid internships |
91% |
| Average internship compensation |
$15,201 |
| Median internship compensation |
$15,000 |
B-SCHOOL SERVICES
Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
| Destination | Month offered | Paid for by B-School |
New York - Wall Street
|
Dec. |
No |
San Francisco
|
Jan. |
No |
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $5,070,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The McCombs School of Business has increased networking capabilities, upgraded servers, increased IT security, and expanded the wireless network for the members of the McCombs Community. In addition, McCombs has added nine private study rooms equipped with T1 lines, plus a new MBA Leadership Center with Internet connections, a high-tech conference room, and a flat screen television. The Millennium Lab provides a 160-seat, state-of-the art computer lab for students and is supported by a 100MB switched ethernet.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Alumni networking Web site:
http://texasmba.bus.utexas.edu/gbn
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 13,740 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 13,349 living MBA alumni, and 22 MBA club(s) in 8 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
During the past 12 months, 9% of alumni gave to the school's fundraising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $125, and a mean gift of U.S. $1,267. As of Jan. 2000 the B-school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million, and the B-school's total endowment is U.S. $136,471,452
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Joelle Weichmann
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